document.write( "Question 1001108: Carly is baking three cakes. The second cake requires 1/2 cup more flour than the first cake. The third cake requires twice the amount of flour as the first cake. The two puns bag of flour she bought has 8 and 1/2 cup exactly the amount she needs. How much flour is needed for each cake? \n" ); document.write( "
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x, number of cups of flour for cake1.
\n" ); document.write( "cake2 uses \"x%2B1%2F2\" cups flour.
\n" ); document.write( "cake3 uses \"2x\" cups of flour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The number of cups of flour is \"x%2B%28x%2B1%2F2%29%2B2x\", and this number of cups is the \"8%261%2F2\" cups of flour bought in the two-pound (puns?) bag of flour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B%28x%2B1%2F2%29%2B2x=8%261%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%2B1%2F2=8%261%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x%2B1=17\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x=16\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=2%29\", the number of cups flour used for the cake1.
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